From John_Sauter at systemeyescomputerstore.com  Mon Dec  4 12:01:55 2017
From: John_Sauter at systemeyescomputerstore.com (John Sauter)
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:01:55 -0500
Subject: [LEAPSECS] Amazon canonizes leap smear
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I added a comment to the blog post expressing my disappointment with
their use of smeared time, and referencing my paper on avoiding the use
of POSIX time_t for telling time.  The comment was initially held, and
has now disappeared.  I guess they don't like criticism.
    John Sauter (John_Sauter at systemeyescomputerstore.com)



From tvb at LeapSecond.com  Mon Dec 18 16:00:34 2017
From: tvb at LeapSecond.com (Tom Van Baak)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:00:34 -0800
Subject: [LEAPSECS] That's why we have leap seconds
Message-ID: <CC53C1F70FEA462A95365C5A9701F8EC@pc52>

Finally, leap seconds get mentioned in xkcd:

https://xkcd.com/1930/

Older timekeeping-related postings:

https://what-if.xkcd.com/26/
https://xkcd.com/1514/
https://xkcd.com/1061/

/tvb